A florid-looking young
woman rose up and accosted him eagerly. ”
Annabel looked at him curiously. "And his lordship, furthermore, requests me to state," proceeded Sharples, in a
hoarse tone, "that he'll be responsible for the doctors' bill of all such gem'men as
have received broken pates, or been otherwise damaged in the fray—ough!
ough!"
"Hurrah!" shouted the mob. She was never able to
trace the changes her attitude had undergone, from the time when she believed
herself to be the pampered Queen of Fortune, the crown of a good man’s love
(and secretly, but nobly, worshipping some one else), to the time when she
realized she was in fact just a mannequin for her lover’s imagination, and that he
cared no more for the realities of her being, for the things she felt and desired,
for the passions and dreams that might move her, than a child cares for the
sawdust in its doll. She makes catty comments
about you to her friends if you are within hearing
distance—that’s her thing—then if you are brave enough
to confront her, she just denies it all and laughs at you. Altogether, it was
a hideous and revolting sight. Shari proceeded to paint, brush, dust, slather,
and blot Lucy’s face with makeup. ‘What the devil
for? I’ll have one of the men ride the creature up tomorrow.
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